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Mel Daniels career started with a bang with the Minnesota Muskies. He averaged 22.2 points and 15.6 rebounds per game and won the ABA Rookie of the Year Award and made All-ABA First Team. He joined the Pacers the next season and spent the next six years with the club.

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Mel Daniels career started with a bang with the Minnesota Muskies. He averaged 22.2 points and 15.6 rebounds per game and won the ABA Rookie of the Year Award and made All-ABA First Team. He joined the Pacers the next season and spent the next six years with the club.

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In his first year with the Pacers, Mel led the squad to its best ABA record (59-25) and won the first of their three championships. For the season, Mel pulled down a ferocious 16.5 rpg and posted a career-high 24 ppg, represented the Pacers in the All-Star game, and made All-ABA First Team. As a member of the Pacers for six seasons, he went on to win the ABA MVP twice, was an All-Star each year, was named All-ABA First Team three times and All-ABA Second Team once. Daniels averaged 19.5 ppg and 15.9 rpg while leading the team to its three ABA Championships.

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In September, Pacers legends Reggie Miller and Mel Daniels were inducted into the Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame. In Mel's first year with the Pacers, he led the squad to its best ABA record (59-25) and won the first of their three championships. For the season, Mel pulled down a ferocious 16.5 rpg and posted a career-high 24 ppg, represented the Pacers in the All-Star game, and made the All-ABA First Team. As a member of the Pacers for six seasons, he went on to win the ABA MVP twice, was an All-Star each year, was named to the All-ABA First Team three times and All-ABA Second Team once. Daniels averaged 19.5 ppg and 15.9 rpg while leading the team to its three ABA Championships.

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In his first year with the Pacers, Mel led the squad to its best ABA record (59-25) and won the first of their three championships. For the season, Mel pulled down a ferocious 16.5 rpg and posted a career-high 24 ppg, represented the Pacers in the All-Star game, and made All-ABA First Team. As a member of the Pacers for six seasons, he went on to win the ABA MVP twice, was an All-Star each year, was named All-ABA First Team three times and All-ABA Second Team once. Daniels averaged 19.5 ppg and 15.9 rpg while leading the team to its three ABA Championships.

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In his first year with the Pacers, Mel led the squad to its best ABA record (59-25) and won the first of their three championships. For the season, Mel pulled down a ferocious 16.5 rpg and posted a career-high 24 ppg, represented the Pacers in the All-Star game, and made All-ABA First Team. As a member of the Pacers for six seasons, he went on to win the ABA MVP twice, was an All-Star each year, was named All-ABA First Team three times and All-ABA Second Team once. Daniels averaged 19.5 ppg and 15.9 rpg while leading the team to its three ABA Championships.

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In his first year with the Pacers, Mel led the squad to its best ABA record (59-25) and won the first of their three championships. For the season, Mel pulled down a ferocious 16.5 rpg and posted a career-high 24 ppg, represented the Pacers in the All-Star game, and made All-ABA First Team. As a member of the Pacers for six seasons, he went on to win the ABA MVP twice, was an All-Star each year, was named All-ABA First Team three times and All-ABA Second Team once. Daniels averaged 19.5 ppg and 15.9 rpg while leading the team to its three ABA Championships.

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In his first year with the Pacers, Mel led the squad to its best ABA record (59-25) and won the first of their three championships. For the season, Mel pulled down a ferocious 16.5 rpg and posted a career-high 24 ppg, represented the Pacers in the All-Star game, and made All-ABA First Team. As a member of the Pacers for six seasons, he went on to win the ABA MVP twice, was an All-Star each year, was named All-ABA First Team three times and All-ABA Second Team once. Daniels averaged 19.5 ppg and 15.9 rpg while leading the team to its three ABA Championships.

In his first year with the Pacers, Mel led the squad to its best ABA record (59-25) and won the first of their three championships. For the season, Mel pulled down a ferocious 16.5 rpg and posted a career-high 24 ppg, represented the Pacers in the All-Star game, and made All-ABA First Team. As a member of the Pacers for six seasons, he went on to win the ABA MVP twice, was an All-Star each year, was named All-ABA First Team three times and All-ABA Second Team once. Daniels averaged 19.5 ppg and 15.9 rpg while leading the team to its three ABA Championships.

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In his first year with the Pacers, Mel led the squad to its best ABA record (59-25) and won the first of their three championships. For the season, Mel pulled down a ferocious 16.5 rpg and posted a career-high 24 ppg, represented the Pacers in the All-Star game, and made All-ABA First Team. As a member of the Pacers for six seasons, he went on to win the ABA MVP twice, was an All-Star each year, was named All-ABA First Team three times and All-ABA Second Team once. Daniels averaged 19.5 ppg and 15.9 rpg while leading the team to its three ABA Championships.

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In his first year with the Pacers, Mel led the squad to its best ABA record (59-25) and won the first of their three championships. For the season, Mel pulled down a ferocious 16.5 rpg and posted a career-high 24 ppg, represented the Pacers in the All-Star game, and made All-ABA First Team. As a member of the Pacers for six seasons, he went on to win the ABA MVP twice, was an All-Star each year, was named All-ABA First Team three times and All-ABA Second Team once. Daniels averaged 19.5 ppg and 15.9 rpg while leading the team to its three ABA Championships.